Ecclesiastes 1:8 - New Revised Standard Version

⁸ All things are wearisome; more than one can express; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, or the ear filled with hearing.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. [Prov. 27:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ All things are full of weariness; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.

Common English Bible

⁸ All words are tiring; no one is able to speak. The eye isn’t satisfied with seeing, neither is the ear filled up by hearing.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Such things are difficult; man is not able to explain them with words. The eye is not satisfied by seeing, nor is the ear fulfilled by hearing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ All things are hard: man cannot explain them by word. The eye is not filled with seeing, neither is the ear filled with hearing.

Ecclesiastes 1:8 Cross References

Psalm 63:5

My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips

Proverbs 27:20

Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.

Ecclesiastes 1:7

All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they continue to flow.

Ecclesiastes 2:11

Then I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had spent in doing it, and again, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 2:26

For to the one who pleases him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner he gives the work of gathering and heaping, only to give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Ecclesiastes 4:8

the case of solitary individuals, without sons or brothers; yet there is no end to all their toil, and their eyes are never satisfied with riches. “For whom am I toiling,” they ask, “and depriving myself of pleasure?” This also is vanity and an unhappy business.

Ecclesiastes 6:7

All human toil is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not satisfied.

Haggai 1:9

You have looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because my house lies in ruins, while all of you hurry off to your own houses.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all you that are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 5:6

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.